Psychometric assessment of somatic symptoms experiences instrument based on DSM-5

References

• 1.
  Hanel G, Henningsen P, Herzog W, Sauer N, Schaefert R, Szecsenyi J, et al. Depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders: vague or distinct categories in primary care? Results from a large cross-sectional study. J Psychosom Res 2009; 67: 189-197.
• 2.
  Barsky AJ, Orav EJ, Bates DW. Somatization increases medical utilization and costs independent of psychiatric and medical comorbidity. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2005; 62: 903-910.
• 3.
  Witthft M, Hiller W. Psychological approaches to origins and treatments of somatoform disorders. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2010; 6: 257-283.
• 4.
  American Psychiatric Association. Diagnosticand Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2013.
• 5.
  Voigt K, Wollburg E, Weinmann N, Herzog A, Meyer B, Langs G, et al. Predictive validity and clinical utility of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder-comparison with DSM-IV somatoform disorders and additional criteria for consideration. J Psychosom Res November 2012; 73: 345-350.
• 6.
  Rief W, Martin A. How to use the new DSM-5 Somatic symptom disorder diagnosis in research and practice: a critical evaluation and a proposal for modifications. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2014; 10: 339-367.
• 7.
  Herzog A, Voigt K, Meyer B, Wollburg E, Weinmann N, Langs G, Lwe B. Psychological and interactional characteristics of patients with somatoform disorders: validation of the somatic symptoms experiences questionnaire (SSEQ) in a clinical psychosomatic population. J Psychosom Res 2015; 553-562.
• 8.
  Creed F. The relationship between somatic symptoms, health anxiety, and outcome in medical out-patients. Psychiatr Clin North Am September 2011; 34: 545-564.
• 9.
  Rief W, Mewes R, Martin A, Glaesmer H, Braehler E. Are psychological features useful in classifying patients with somatic symptoms? Psychosom Med 2010; 72: 648-655.
• 10.
  Zijlema WL, Stolk RP, Lowe B, Rief W, White PD, Rosmalen JG. How to assess common somatic symptoms in large-scale studies: a systematic review of questionnaires. J Psychosom Res 2013; 74: 459-468.
• 11.
  Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Kroenke K, Spangenberg L, Zenger M, Brahler E, et al. The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): a brief measure of somatic symptom burden. JAMA Intern Med March 2014; 174: 399-407.
• 12.
  Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Toussaint A, Wahl I, Brunahl CA, Murray AM, et al. Assessing somatic symptom burden: a psychometric comparison of the patient health questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8). J Psychosom Res 2015; 78: 352-355.
• 13.
  Klaus K, Mewes R. Assessment of the new DSM-5 diagnosis somatic symptom disorder (300.82). Verhaltenstherapie Verhaltensmedizin 2013; 34: 399-418.
• 14.
  Pilowsky I. Dimensions of hypochondriasis. Br J Psychiatry 1967; 113: 89-93.
• 15.
  Voigt K, Nagel A, Meyer B, Langs G, Braukhaus C, Lwe B. Towards positive criteria: a systematic review of somatoform disorder diagnoses and suggestions for future classification. J Psychosom Res 2010; 68: 403-414.
• 16.
  Goldberg DP, Hillier VF. A scaled version of general health questionnaire. Psycho Med 1979; 9: 131-145.
• 17.
  Hodiamont P, Peer N, Syben N. Epidemilogical aspects of psychiatric disorder iv a Dutch health area. Psycho Med 1978; 17: 495-505.
• 18.
  Sodergren SC, Hyland ME. Qualitative phase in the development of the silver lining questionnaire. Qual Life Res 1997; 6: 365-373.
• 19.
  Sodergren SC, Hyland ME. What are the positive consequences of illness? Psychol Health 2000; 15: 85-97.
• 20.
  Hyland ME, Sodergren SC, Lewith GT. Chronic fatigue syndrome: the role of positivity to illness in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. J Health Psychol 2006; 11: 731-741.
• 21.
  Jreskog KG, Srbom D. LISREL 8.80 for Windows [Computer Software]. Lincolnwood, IL: Scientific Software International, Inc. 2006.
• 22.
  Brown TA. Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. New York: Guilford Press. (2006).
• 23.
  Schermelleh-Engel K, Moosbrugger H, Mller H. Evaluating the fit of structural equation models: Tests of significance and descriptive goodness of fit measures. Psychol Res 2003; 8: 23-74.
• 24.
  Hair JF, Black WC, Babin BJ, Anderson RE. Multivariate data analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall; 2009.
• 25.
  Hu LT, Bentler PM. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling A: Multidisciplinary J 1999; 6: 1-55.
• 26.
  Tabachnick BG, Fidell LS. Using multivariate statistics (5th ed). Boston, MA: Pearson; 2007.##.